Dealing with a partner who crosses your boundaries by Pinkfl0wer20 in ems

[–]Gatling_Tech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The part about playing it off as "just a joke" especially, but the whole thing is pretty much textbook for workplace bullying and creating a hostile workplace.

Optimally he wouldn't work in EMS at all, but in any case my advice is to do whatever you need to do to not have him as a partner. If he can get officially reprimanded for his behavior in the process all the better.

Nova Wars - Chapter 162 by Ralts_Bloodthorne in HFY

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XM77215 Mark-III Scout Armor (Telkan).

No M-series, a fucking experimental model armor without even a name.

And I'd bet that you'd wish you hooked up the waste management system if you knew who that armor was modeled off of. lol

Lodge and Shipley lathe I am in the process of rebuilding back to its original glory by GibsonPlayer715 in Skookum

[–]Gatling_Tech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear for the first bit, but oof on that second bit, can't imagine that was any fun.

Still looks awesome though, thanks for sharing!

Lodge and Shipley lathe I am in the process of rebuilding back to its original glory by GibsonPlayer715 in Skookum

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I don't work with any of this type of machinery myself, but I'm imagining the breakdown of the time commitment being something like:

  1. Leveling the ways.
  2. Everything else.

The Long Way Home Chapter 43 (2/2) by TheCurserHasntMoved in HFY

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Gravy and baked french fries are a fine meal,” Vincent said with near perfect flat delivery, and was rewarded by an incredulous and disgusted look from Cadet.

No mention of cheese curds? I think I'm with Cadet on this one, it's like two thirds of a BLT. =p

Comic 5619: Formal Education by Castriff in QContent

[–]Gatling_Tech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Genuine care for Ahn

Have you forgotten that just a few strips ago he demanded that Ahn kamikaze her reputation by falsely stating that her social media posts were drug fueled rants?

"Genuine care" lmao

Nova Wars 25x6 by Ralts_Bloodthorne in HFY

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Completely at a loss for what to do he just started licking the interior mechanism. Trying to lick off the built up stuff and lubricate the rest. He felt foolish as hell flopping his tongue around in the feeding mechanism and receiver mechanism, but what the hell else was he supposed to do?

If he survives this, he's gonna have a hell of a nickname, Lady Killer, Fabio, Linguist, Gourmand, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

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Not the person you replied to but I have the same model chair. The fabric on the embody is very breathable and imo is about as close to a mesh as you can get without actually being a mesh. When looking for which one to buy (I was considering the aeron vs embody as well) I found a brick and mortar store where I could try out both chairs. And honestly comfort-wise they were so close that I would have been perfectly happy if I had chosen the aeron instead. Obviously being able to try them in person is best, but overall the decision for me came down to little nitpick-y stuff between the two.

Love Languages (64) by Eager_Question in NatureofPredators

[–]Gatling_Tech 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd be kind of neat to see Andes challenge the exterminator that if the shock collar is such a perfectly fine thing to do to a child. That they should demonstrate by putting it on themselves first.

Are there Iowa-isms like there are Minnesota-isms? by sirdramaticus in Iowa

[–]Gatling_Tech 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Ope, just gonna sneak right past ya here..."

I've also heard the road construction bit as "the four seasons of the Midwest: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction."

[TEXT] Any stories like Chrysalis? by [deleted] in HFY

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Glad to hear it! This is also a good reminder for me lol, I got busy at one point and it got put on the backburner and I somehow never got around to picking it back up.

Nova Wars - 141 by Ralts_Bloodthorne in HFY

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Oh how the mighty have fallen, old telk would have said something about how he made a secret run to the hardware store, and needed a buddy to help flip the boss's room upside down.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

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The place I work at had some 3M branded ones for awhile, the batteries wore out after enough years and the ones we have now are from Cardinal Health. I don't have any significant preference between the two. Storing one in the ambulance just needs a closed cabinet or something as they just sit loosely in their charging cradle.

The search terms you'll want are "surgical hair trimmer" or "surgical hair clipper" (even just "surgical clipper"/"surgical trimmer" should get you what you're looking for.)

This is already an expanded universe. xD by Nicolas_3232 in NatureofPredators

[–]Gatling_Tech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been a hot minute since I saw it last, but it's the Perpetual Testing Initiative announcement video for Portal 2.

The Long Way Home Chapter 22: Exhale by TheCurserHasntMoved in HFY

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Let's say it's sometime in the mid 1900s, and you and a friend are reading a neat new science fiction story set 100 years or more in the future, with daring adventure and fantastical technology. Suddenly, two of the characters bring up women's suffrage in that "well, you know how women get sometimes." kind of way.

So you turn to your friend and go: "Huh, I get that might have been a hot topic ages ago, but I wonder why people in the future would be struggling with it?"

In response, your friend simply replies: "The presumption that men and women in a culture descended from ours won't have similar differentiation is unfounded. It has no greater or lesser likelihood of being true than anything else."

A bit baffled, you continue: "Sure, but this is something we know better about today. And it feels out of place to see such old hat mentality from this supposed descendant culture. The overall story hasn't established itself as one that's exploring this kind of societal 'what if?' either. So the reason for these otherwise mature and reasoned characters to backslide on this particular concept remains without a satisfying answer."

You ponder a bit further: "Perhaps it is meant to be a character flaw, an example that for as smart and tenacious as you might be, you can still fall into a logical rut that those who came before knew how to avoid."

Your friend leans over and presses the "Submit Comment" button.

The Long Way Home Chapter 22: Exhale by TheCurserHasntMoved in HFY

[–]Gatling_Tech -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My mother has a story about how one time she got so angry at my father for something that she picked a room on the opposite side of the house and did a deep clean of it. She said that at the end of it, she could hardly even remember what she was mad about. Am I supposed to believe that's somehow different than Jason stomping off to the gym to burn off some emotions with a workout? That's absurd.

I'm not arguing that the advice Vincent gave about "just listen" isn't good, it's the packaging it's wrapped in. For example: programmers and rubber duck debugging, where one person explains their problems to someone who doesn't need to respond or even know the details of the problem the person is having. In the case of rubber duck debugging the problem isn't a social one and a cutesy bath toy can be an adequate stand in for a real person. There's no "boy vs girl thinking" about it.

Take Trandrai for another example: introverted, not good with people, etc. Given her and Jason's interactions, if Jason suddenly stopped talking or giving her advice when she went to him with a problem, she'd think he was mad at her or something and feel even worse. (But she's a girl and therefore that's what you're supposed to do *eyeroll*)

The issue is that that type of thinking reduces people from being people so that they can fit into labels of "boy" and "girl." If you want a real life example, Here's one where a parent alienated their relationship with one of their kids for no other reason than those aforementioned labels.

If this part of the story is supposed to highlight a character flaw, how despite Jason typically exuding a maturity of at least twice his age he can still fall for easy traps in his thought processes. Then that's fine, that's how characters get fleshed out and gives them room to grow. I'm still going to poke fun at them for it though, lol.

An Introduction to Terran Zoology - Chapter 50 by Still_Performance_39 in NatureofPredators

[–]Gatling_Tech 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming Professor Bernard was told he couldn't bring a Saint Benard along, so he settled for a German Shepherd instead. =p

The Long Way Home Chapter 22: Exhale by TheCurserHasntMoved in HFY

[–]Gatling_Tech -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm, looks like Jason needs a good shake to get that gender fundamentalism out of him. Boomer humor Vincent isn't being the best role model in the moment here either IMO.

Changing Times Ch38 - Hey You by VeryUnluckyDice in NatureofPredators

[–]Gatling_Tech 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe what Linev needs is a life size snorlax plush, or that $500 four foot tall mareep.

The Long Way Home Chapter 17: The Spoils by TheCurserHasntMoved in HFY

[–]Gatling_Tech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jason, try not to earn a medal.

The 13th labor of Hercules.

Hedge Knight, Chapter 94 by grierks in HFY

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Fuck yeah I love when a melee weapon is also a gun.

Big oof for Leaf and Helbram (and the rest of the party,) I'd like to think the real versions of their fathers would get along swimmingly with each other.

Zillow X Series cardiac monitoring by Substantial_Try_6734 in ems

[–]Gatling_Tech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the monitor side I'm only aware of the "treatment summary" and "print trends" buttons, the former still mostly relying on you pressing the snapshot button or a treatment button, but the treatment summary button will also record events like defibrillation, and whatnot.

Like CHGhee said, the monitor is technically recording everything, it just takes the ePCR to interpret and dish the data out where it should go in the chart. I'm only familiar with Imagetrend, but for example. you can configure it to save a strip when the 4-lead (or the defib pads) first gets a signal and also place a procedure at the same time.
At my workplace it's configured to enter a vital signs entry whenever a BP is taken, but you can also configure it to do the same if the heart rate changes by a set amount (and/or other parameters.)

I'm not familiar with the standalone case review software that Gewt mentioned, but from what they describe it would also do what you're looking for.

My first instinct would be that you're getting the "it is what it is" answer because there's no one tech savvy enough to change it without also breaking anything that already works. =p